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ed as the county seat. More writ- £ ten petitions or “Memorials” ( were considered as well as oral i opinions. One influential and powerful citizen of Woodville 1 was outraged that county builds. i ings would be placed in pristine ' Woodville. He felt that the courts £ would “attract drunkards, ’ lawyers, and other rowdy ele- £ ments to which they did not 1 want their children exposed,” * and, “Woodville was a center of culture.” But many in the county favored having it in Washington for financial advantages — particularly those citizens of the town itself
Ultimately, it was decided by the justices that “the Town of Washington poses the most suitable place for the erection of public buildings for the county” To sweeten the pot, the citizens of the Town of Washington volunteered to purchase the land for those buildings. It was generally felt that “Washington was a mercantile capital and business community, and logical site for public buildings. It was located 123 miles northwest of Richmond, and 75 miles from Washington, D.C.”
Bids went out for the construction of the new buildings and the court ordered that $120 be borrowed at 6 percent interest for the purchase of a bell for the court house.
Malcum H. Crawford was
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